Harnessing harvest records for Onchain credit.

Joined April 2023
Happy New Year from Antugrow!
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Super pumped to meet fellow builders tomorrow at the Africa Blockchain Festival! I'll be speaking on the immense opportunities in tokenizing things in the real world (RWA), and our perspective at @Antugrow. Looking forward to connecting with banger projects and humans!
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Commodities in Africa might be the best candidates for stablecoin settlement. Commodities have been constant through all iterations of value exchange pre and post digitization. Barter -> Fiat -> MoMo -> Agentic Mobile Money (enabled by stables) Money at the speed of thought.
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Just in: @Antugrow has been selected as one of 26 awardees under LINGUA Africa, a joint initiative by @MSFTResearch AI for Good Lab, the Gates Foundation, @Googleorg, and the @MasakhaneNLP African Languages Hub. We are building SemaShambani in partnership with @iLabAfrica Research at Strathmore University as our research consortium partner, with Dr. Betsy Muriithi-Ochieng' leading the research. SemaShambani is a voice-first agricultural advisory and credit literacy platform, serving farmers in six Kenyan languages: Kiswahili, Gĩkũyũ, Kikamba, Dholuo, Luhya (Bukusu), and Kalenjin. All language resources produced by SemaShambani will be openly licensed for the community to build on. Full announcement: microsoft.com/en-us/research…
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Sidequested a bit too hard in July and was a guest lecturer to MSc students, studying Information Systems Security. Took the class through Blockchain systems as a subset of Distributed Systems, and how @Antugrow ensures consistency as data moves from field to finality. What will you Grow today?
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The Director General of the Kenya Space Agency, Major General Hillary Kipkosgey, welcomes you to the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Contact, taking place on 5 August 2026 at Shree Cutch Swaminarayan Academy, Lang'ata, Nairobi. Register here: shorturl.at/mnmSU
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I have seen this Don’t just stop on tokenizing coffee Offer coffee backed loans on chain Amazing work by @BasedKago on @Antugrow
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Shortly, onchain lending against crops and livestock should be live on @Antugrow. We are just getting started! What will you Grow today?
@BasedKago is doing this actually. Working on some funding the next time I am in Kenya.
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AntuGrow retweeted
Agricultural data fragmentation remains one of the biggest barriers to farmer profitability in Kenya. It creates a cycle of information failure that leads to avoidable losses and limits farmers' ability to build resilient businesses. At @AntuGrow we have built the infrastructure that converts verifiable farm data into trusted financial signals; powering a smart credit engine that helps de-risk lending and investment in agriculture. Yesterday, at the 12th Agritech Africa International Exhibition & Conference at the KICC, I joined leaders across agriculture, technology, and policy on the "Connected Intelligence: Scaling AI, Autonomous Machinery, and Verifiable Data Systems for Climate-Resilient Agriculture" panel to share how AntuGrow, through @SmartShambani, is building that infrastructure. Over the years we have worked closely with farmers to understand what "data" actually means to them, setting our findings as the foundation for SmartShamba. Today, by combining farm records, GIS, human extension and AI, SmartShamba helps farmers make better decisions, optimise inputs and labour, anticipate risks, access finance, and improve profitability. SmartShamba is built for farmers at every level, while our underlying infrastructure enables collaboration across the agricultural value chain: Financiers can leverage farmer credit scores and performance data to lend and invest with greater confidence. Policymakers gain access to trend data and actionable insights. Agripreneurs can reach and serve farmers more effectively. Researchers can access real-time insights, and farmers can build more profitable and resilient businesses. We are onboarding farmers and partners every day, and seeing rapid growth in both our product and our impact. Ad astra! #AntuGrow #SmartShamba
How can Artificial Intelligence, autonomous machinery, and verifiable data systems transform agriculture and help farmers adapt to a changing climate? ⅓
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Across Africa, smallholder farmers hold immense potential, but unlocking it requires trust, data, and innovation. That’s where @Antugrow comes in. At #FINAS2026, AntuGrow will showcase how they transform smallholder farms into monitorable, scoreable, financeable assets, helping to de‑risk agrifinancing and agri‑insurance, and opening doors for farmers to access the support they deserve. For farmers, this means being seen, trusted, and supported, with new opportunities to grow and thrive. Register for the Summit: finasafrica.org #FINAS2026 #AntuGrow #AgriFinance #AgriInsurance #SmartFarming #InnovationInAfrica #SmallholderFarmers
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AntuGrow retweeted
Replying to @FAOKenya @Antugrow
At #AgritecAfrica2026, experts explored how connected intelligence is powering smarter, more productive, and climate-resilient farming. From precision agriculture to digital advisory service, the message was clear,.. ⅔
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AntuGrow retweeted
Replying to @FAOKenya @Antugrow
..the future of food lies at the intersection of technology, data, & human ingenuity; and it must leave no farmer behind.
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How can Artificial Intelligence, autonomous machinery, and verifiable data systems transform agriculture and help farmers adapt to a changing climate? ⅓
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Visit the #GDFKSEC2026 exhibition area to explore cutting-edge data and space technologies.
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Happy new month! We are stepping into June with our showcase at the global stage during the Global Data Festival 2026! Connect with the @Antugrow team at the Startups pavilion of the @Data4SDGs @SpaceAgencyKE conference. You are all welcome to interact with our Smart Shamba toolkit! What will you Grow this month?
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You can now specify your water source on Smart Shamba to start your farming journey! Available for: - Rainfed crops - Irrigated crops - Mixed sources of water - Greenhouse controlled planting Visit @SmartShambani to start.
It's a good evening to review your farming plans on smartshamba.com. What will you Grow?
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It's a good evening to review your farming plans on smartshamba.com. What will you Grow?
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It's a good evening to plan your season on SmartShamba. Start now on smartshamba.com
Shipped this on a Friday, and somehow got away with it! Make your Shamba Smart today on @SmartShambani
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Shipped this on a Friday, and somehow got away with it! Make your Shamba Smart today on @SmartShambani
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AntuGrow retweeted
You can tell when a builder stops pitching and starts diagnosing. Eddie Kago (@BasedKago) took the stage at @Web3Clubs and skipped the usual slide deck. He wasn't selling an app. He was fixing a broken system. Most agritech is like handing a man in the desert a gold-plated bucket. It is a nice tool, but it does not bring the water. Eddie is building the pipe. @SmartShambani uses ML to verify farm data so banks finally have a reason to lend. It turns "we hope this works" into "we know this works."
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Eddie Kago’s ( @BasedKago ) session gave a look into building technology around actual everyday problems, @SmartShambani a search engine for crops, and livestock advisory.  He walked us through the thinking behind SmartShamba and how location based insights can help farmers make better decisions around crops and livestock.  A big part of the session focused on infrastructure, trust, and why verification matters in areas like agricultural credit across African markets.  Eddie also shared lessons from his experience working across ecosystem growth, decentralised infrastructure, and product development. One thing that stood out throughout the session was the importance of building with context.  Understanding the environment, the users, and the real problem first before rushing into the technology itself. Meaningful products usually start with understanding people well. #productdemos #demotuesdays #web3clubs
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